Retail sales in Taiwan rose 0.42 percent year-on-year in October of 2016, compared to an upwardly revised 2.98 percent gain in September. It was the second straight month of growth, driven by sales of automobiles and motorcycles (+6.44 percent from +16.26 percent in the prior month), fuel products (+3.38 percent from -4.53 percent), general merchandise (+3.17 percent from +6.34 percent) and other retailers (+1.69 percent from +0.03 percent). In contrast, sales fell for: other retail sale (-11.92 percent from -10.55 percent), household supplies (-11.68 percent from -8.06 percent), food, beverages and tobacco (-0.34 percent from +1.49 percent), clothes (-3.13 percent from +1.97 percent), pharmaceuticals and medical goods (-0.43 percent from +4.46 percent), educational and entertainment articles (-1.95 percent from -7.68 percent), building materials (-2.03 percent from -3.66 percent) and information and communications (-1.85 percent from -2.24 percent). Retail Sales YoY in Taiwan averaged 3.07 percent from 2010 until 2016, reaching an all time high of 22.90 percent in January of 2011 and a record low of -5.10 percent in January of 2015.

Taiwan Retail Sales YoYNotes

In Taiwan, the year-over-year change in Retail sales compares the aggregated sales of retail goods and services during a certain month to the same month a year ago. This page provides the latest reported value for - Taiwan Retail Sales YoY - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Taiwan Retail Sales YoY - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on December of 2016.